The Grotto
Since 2011, The Grotto has been a cool server for all players. Join the fun community and play in two worlds:
Survival World:
Classic survival with towns and player shops! Optional pvp too. Not your average faction server.
Creative World:
Don’t like survival? Build in the creative world with 80×80 plots!
Stay connected with other players on the forums.
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HoneyBlossom SMP is a vanilla plus survival server that is 18 plus and meant to be a forever world with no resets. It feels like a place for meeting new friends and just having a good time even if you are tired of playing alone.
It stays close to normal Minecraft but uses plugins that add quality of life stuff. You can claim land use player teleports set multiple homes and use night vision. There is also a pvp toggle so you can opt in or stay peaceful.
The server supports cross play for Java and Bedrock. It is hosted on the US east coast and people play from all over. They recently moved to new high performance hardware so it should run smooth.
There is Simple Voice Chat and they do consistent events. New players can join end events and there is a custom resource world plus a nether resource world. The team listens to suggestions and keeps making changes as they go. Future plans include an Easter event and more events plus some pvp ideas.
Rise of Kingdoms is a Bedrock realm that goes heavy on RPG stuff and kingdom life. You can join a kingdom and be part of the society or you can reject it and play as a bandit or an anarchist type.
The realm uses add ons that keep things easier and it has an economy system plus an RPG system. There are voice channels so people can talk without typing.
It is a new realm with less than 10 people so far so it feels like the start of something. The big rule is you must be over 18 and you have to join the discord and stay active often.
Rooted Realm is a long term survival world that never wipes. It is semi vanilla and it adds extra stuff to make playing feel more rewarding for different kinds of players.
There is no random teleport. Instead it uses a few custom portals that take you to set spots around the world and can bring you back to spawn.
The server uses a player run diamond currency and has a shopping district called the market. It also runs consistent events with special rewards and it does holiday celebrations too. They are planning an Easter Island area opening at the start of April.
The Perch is a Java SMP that tries hard to feel like a real Minecraft home. The main goal is a friendly place with no toxicity or drama so people can just play and chill.
The server focuses on what the community asks for. Players can give feedback through suggestions and tickets plus bi monthly feedback forms. There are weekly change logs so you can see what got changed and there are monthly events to bring everyone together.
It keeps a strong survival feel and avoids feeling bloated. Features can be toggled off if you do not like them. They also put effort into making farms and redstone work like they do in the base game.
There is a playtime based ranking system with perks you unlock by playing. The economy is meant to be fair and balanced with lots of player run shops. There are also small gameplay tweaks and a web map that lets you view all worlds. The listed version is 1.21.11 and the world has no resets.
Luminary Falls is a cozy community SMP that feels mostly vanilla but with quality of life plugins and datapacks. It is made for adults and it is whitelist only and 18+.
The server runs on Java and also lets Bedrock players join. They allow client mods that do not give unfair advantages like Litematica Xaeros Sodium and Dynamic Lights.
It just hit its 1 year anniversary and it is meant to be long term. They use resource worlds so the main world does not need to reset and your builds can stay for years.
People play from around the world so there are players on at all hours and they say around 50 unique players show up each week. The vibe is uplifting and LGBTQ+ friendly and the staff has lots of server management experience.
It is mainly survival but there is also a Creative server with monthly build challenges. There is a lobby server with infinite parkour and PvP and an events server is planned with occasional minigames and events.
To join you read the rules and apply for the whitelist through their Discord bot.
